General Info

[Poucolouco]

Can anyone tell me if the "daily" vitamin c (2.5-5mg) is sold in Rio?

The recommended daily dosage for an adult is 75 - 90mg. You can get that from an 8 oz glass of orange juice. If you want the infant dosage (2.5 - 5mg) you can try Redoxon, available in most farmacias and homeopathic lojas, e.g. Mundo Verde. It is in a liquid form. One drop = 1mg.

[Cho 637]

Can anyone tell me if the "daily" vitamin c (2.5-5mg) is sold in Rio?

[Ryjerrob]

I'm not sure if this question has been asked/answered before, but can anyone tell me the process of setting up the pool table goes. A quick overview of the game in Brazil would also be helpful.

thanks.........ryjer

[Poucolouco]

Not true. It is your passport that needs 6 more months.

You mean to tell me if I go for 1 week in september before it expires I still have to renew it? I am only staying 1 week not 6 months. I know its not your rules but their are backwards if this is the case. Just another way to pay back the corrupt usa for all thw problems they cause when brazilians come over.

Actually, I experienced the exact same situation in 2005 and was advised by the Consulate to renew my visa. Perhaps others have not had a problem with this issue. Unfortunately you must deal with three different entities to enter the country, the Consulate, the airlines, and the DPF, all of which have authority and discretion to delay or deny your entry.

[Edward M]

Your visa must be valid for six months from your date of arrival or you will not be allowed entry. Renew it now, there's plenty of time before you go.

Not true. It is your passport that needs 6 more months.

[Gruhmbards]

Also your passport needs to be valid for six more months after the date you arrive.

Your visa must be valid for six months from your date of arrival or you will not be allowed entry. Renew it now, there's plenty of time before you go.

[Poucolouco]

Visa question

My Brasil visa is up oct 14 09.

If I set up a trip Oct 10 09 to Oct 17 09, what do I do?

Your visa must be valid for six months from your date of arrival or you will not be allowed entry. Renew it now, there's plenty of time before you go.

[Ryjerrob]

Came across the following on facebook.............

"Free access code for wiress - Mostly good on LAX or SF Trips to NYC and vice-versa but they are installing on MD80's which are the Chicago and Dallas flights from LA and in between in the next few months - Code is AAWiFi80208A2"

Hope someone can use this.

ryjer

[Cho 637]

If you go to Bank of America's website, you'll notice in the lower, right hand corner of your firefox browser that there is a little lock. Hover over the lock and you see a pop-up message that says 'verisign, ' which is a service (a separate company) that purports to authenticate websites. Double click on the lock to view the certificate it essentially sold BofA.

BofA's IT people have submitted their website for authentication to verisign, which Firefox recognizes as authoritative.

The Brazilian consolate, on the other hand, has chosen to "authenticate" its website with a service that Firefox (and Safari) does not validate, i.e. "trust," which may be for the simple reason that the authenticating service the Brazilians chose was not American.

Your instincts are right not to submit personal information. And whenever you are in doubt, start by looking for the letter 's' in the URL after http and then the lock in the lower right.

That's as much as you can do online.

Yes, the "s" is in http.

[Pelongera]

Thanks for the advice. I am using Firefox. The site asked me if I wanted to make an exception, I wasn't sure if I should. I'm very paranoid about identity theft.

If you go to Bank of America's website, you'll notice in the lower, right hand corner of your firefox browser that there is a little lock. Hover over the lock and you see a pop-up message that says 'verisign, ' which is a service (a separate company) that purports to authenticate websites. Double click on the lock to view the certificate it essentially sold BofA.

BofA's IT people have submitted their website for authentication to verisign, which Firefox recognizes as authoritative.

The Brazilian consolate, on the other hand, has chosen to "authenticate" its website with a service that Firefox (and Safari) does not validate, i.e. "trust," which may be for the simple reason that the authenticating service the Brazilians chose was not American.

Your instincts are right not to submit personal information. And whenever you are in doubt, start by looking for the letter 's' in the URL after http and then the lock in the lower right.

That's as much as you can do online.

[BionicMan]

I believe that you have to lessen the level of security protection in your computer. Mine is set up so that I get a warning, but then can decide to go forward and still visit the site. So I got a non-validated site warning, told my computer to ignore it, and went ahead and filled out the form. It worked great. I was also using Mozilla, not Explorer.

I'm sure someone with more computer experience than I have can tell you more...

You are right. You can lessen the security also on IE and bypass the warning.
The "unsecure" certificate comes also from the USA visa website.
I think it is a pretty much common setting of those gov sites so that they do not cross certificates by default and who knows what other settings they are able to arrange on their own servers.

[Cho 637]

Cho,

I had the same issue several months back while using firefox. I switched to IE and was able to complete the online process. The good news for me... I was given a 5-year visa.

Lonzof

Thanks for the advice. I am using Firefox. The site asked me if I wanted to make an exception, I wasn't sure if I should. I'm very paranoid about identity theft.

[Lonzof]

I was trying to renew my visa for my next trip and found that the Brazilian consulate now uses an online visa form that you must fill out. However when I clicked on the link to the form, this is what I got:

Secure Connection Failed

scedv.serpro.gov.br uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is not trusted.

(Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)

* This could be a problem with the server's configuration, or it could be someone trying to impersonate the server.

* If you have connected to this server successfully in the past, the error may be temporary, and you can try again later.

I tried another consulate and got the same message. Anyone else had any experience with this? I called the consulate and they told me that I could come and use their computer.

Cho,

I had the same issue several months back while using firefox. I switched to IE and was able to complete the online process. The good news for me... I was given a 5-year visa.

Lonzof

[Delecti]

I believe that you have to lessen the level of security protection in your computer. Mine is set up so that I get a warning, but then can decide to go forward and still visit the site. So I got a non-validated site warning, told my computer to ignore it, and went ahead and filled out the form. It worked great. I was also using Mozilla, not Explorer.

I'm sure someone with more computer experience than I have can tell you more...

[Pelongera]

I was trying to renew my visa for my next trip and found that the Brazilian consulate now uses an online visa form that you must fill out. However when I clicked on the link to the form, this is what I got:

Secure Connection Failed

scedv.serpro.gov.br uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is not trusted.

(Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)

* This could be a problem with the server's configuration, or it could be someone trying to impersonate the server.

* If you have connected to this server successfully in the past, the error may be temporary, and you can try again later.

I tried another consulate and got the same message. Anyone else had any experience with this? I called the consulate and they told me that I could come and use their computer.

That's just your browser telling you that it cannot verify the website. what browser are you using?

On my computer, Safari allows me to click past the warning.

But my settings on Firefox are such that it won't let me either.

Somehow, you'll have tell your browser that the site is okay.

Try adding the URL as an exception.